If I had to describe this song in one word it would be "desperation." There is such desperation in Adam's lyrics: he's desperate to save his friend from this unhealthy relationship. Throught the song, he's pleading with her to leave this guy, to do something better with her life - to stop wasting it. I feel like the desperation builds throughout the song until finally at the end he can say only one word, repeated over and over again: Change.
Personally, I take away a more general meaning from the song: that being to just make the most out of life. We've got too little time to waste, we need to make the most of it, and not fall victim to people or situations that will prevent us from Living, with a capital L.
And I absolutely LOVE the double meaning of the title. Brilliant.
If I had to describe this song in one word it would be "desperation." There is such desperation in Adam's lyrics: he's desperate to save his friend from this unhealthy relationship. Throught the song, he's pleading with her to leave this guy, to do something better with her life - to stop wasting it. I feel like the desperation builds throughout the song until finally at the end he can say only one word, repeated over and over again: Change.
Personally, I take away a more general meaning from the song: that being to just make the most out of life. We've got too little time to waste, we need to make the most of it, and not fall victim to people or situations that will prevent us from Living, with a capital L.
And I absolutely LOVE the double meaning of the title. Brilliant.